# 1916 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season

The 1916 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season was the college football games played by the member schools of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association as part of the 1916 college football season. The season began on September 23. Georgia Tech and Tennessee tied for the conference championship. Tech beat Cumberland 222–0.

## Regular season

* Index to colors and formatting
* Non-conference matchup; SIAA member won
* Non-conference matchup; SIAA member lost
* Non-conference matchup; tie
* Conference matchup
SIAA teams in bold.

### Week One

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result | Attendance | Reference |
| September 23 | Kentucky School for the Deaf | Kentucky | Lexington, Kentucky | W 34–0 | | |

### Week Two

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result |
| September 30 | Birmingham | Alabama | University Field • Tuscaloosa, Alabama | W 13–0 |
| September 30 | Furman | Clemson | Riggs Field • Calhoun, South Carolina | CLEM 7–6 |
| September 30 | The Citadel | Georgia | Sanford Field • Athens, Georgia | UGA 6–0 |
| September 30 | K. M. I. | Centre | Cheek Field • Danville, Kentucky | W 14–0 |
| September 30 | Mercer | Georgia Tech | Grant Field • Atlanta | GT 61–0 |
| September 30 | Butler | Kentucky | Lexington, Kentucky | W 39–0 |
| September 30 | LSU | Louisiana-Lafayette | Lafayette, Louisiana | W 24–0 |
| September 30 | Union (TN) | Ole Miss | Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi | W 30–0 |
| September 30 | Cumberland | Sewanee | McGee Field • Sewanee, Tennessee | W 107–0 |
| September 30 | Tusculum | Tennessee | Waite Field • Knoxville, Tennessee | W 33–0 |
| September 30 | Rhodes | Vanderbilt | Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee | W 86–0 |

### Week Three

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result |
| October 6 | Mississippi A&M | Mississippi College | Aberdeen, Mississippi | MSCOLL 13–6 |
| October 7 | Alabama Southern | Alabama | The Quad • Tuscaloosa, Alabama | W 80–0 |
| October 7 | Auburn | Howard | Rickwood Field • Birmingham, Alabama | AUB 35–0 |
| October 7 | Centre | Kentucky | Lexington, Kentucky | UK 68–0 |
| October 7 | Charleston Navy | The Citadel | College Park Stadium • Charleston, South Carolina | W 35–0 |
| October 7 | Cumberland | Georgia Tech | Grant Field • Atlanta | W 222–0 |
| October 7 | Jefferson | LSU | State Field • Baton Rouge, Louisiana | W 59–0 |
| October 7 | Arkansas | Ole Miss | Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi | W 20–0 |
| October 7 | Morgan | Sewanee | McGee Field • Sewanee, Tennessee | W 54–0 |
| October 7 | Maryville | Tennessee | Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee | W 32–6 |
| October 7 | Transylvania | Vanderbilt | Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee | VAN 42–0 |
| October 7 | Newberry | South Carolina | Columbia, South Carolina | L 10-0 |
| October 7 | Presbyterian | Wofford | Spartanburg, South Carolina | L 49–13 |

### Week Four

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result |
| October 14 | Mississippi College | Alabama | University Field • Birmingham, Alabama | ALA 13–7 |
| October 14 | Mercer | Auburn | Drake Field • Auburn, Alabama | AUB 92–0 |
| October 14 | Centre | Louisville | Louisville, Kentucky | T 0–0 |
| October 14 | Presbyterian | The Citadel | College Park Stadium • Charleston, South Carolina | W 34–7 |
| October 14 | Erskine | Furman | Greenville, South Carolina | W 60–3 |
| October 14 | Florida | Georgia | Sanford Field • Athens, Georgia | UGA 21–0 |
| October 14 | Davidson | Georgia Tech | Grant Field • Atlanta | W 9–0 |
| October 14 | LSU | Texas A&M | Galveston, Texas | W 13–0 |
| October 14 | Hendrix | Ole Miss | Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi | W 61–0 |
| October 14 | Mississippi A&M | Chattanooga | Chattanooga, Tennessee | MSA&M 33–0 |
| October 14 | Maryville | Sewanee | McGee Field • Sewanee, Tennessee | W 68–7 |
| October 14 | Tennessee | Clemson | Riggs Field • Calhoun, South Carolina | TENN 14–0 |
| October 14 | Spring Hill | Tulane | First Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana | W 14–0 |
| October 14 | Vanderbilt | Kentucky | Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky | VAN 45–0 |
| October 14 | Wofford | South Carolina | Columbia, South Carolina | SC 23–3 |

### Week Five

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result |
| October 20 | Clemson | Auburn | Drake Field • Auburn, Alabama | AUB 28–0 |
| October 21 | Alabama | Florida | Barrs Field • Jacksonville, Florida | ALA 16–0 |
| October 21 | Chattanooga | Louisville | Louisville, Kentucky | LOU 6–0 |
| October 21 | The Citadel | Davidson | Davidson, North Carolina | T 7–7 |
| October 21 | Georgia Tech B | Furman | Greenville, South Carolina | W 21–10 |
| October 21 | Georgia | Virginia | Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, Virginia | W 13–7 |
| October 21 | Mississippi College | LSU | State Field • Baton Rouge, Louisiana | LSU 50–7 |
| October 21 | Transylvania | Mississippi A&M | Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, Mississippi | MSA&M 13–0 |
| October 21 | Sewanee | Kentucky | Lexington, Kentucky | T 0–0 |
| October 21 | South Carolina | Tennessee | Waite Field • Knoxville, Tennessee | TEN 26–0 |
| October 21 | Jefferson | Tulane | New Orleans, Louisiana | W 39–3 |
| October 21 | Ole Miss | Vanderbilt | Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee | VAN 35–0 |
| October 21 | Erskine | Wofford | Spartanburg, South Carolina | L 12–7 |

### Week Six

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result |
| October 26 | Clemson | South Carolina | Columbia, South Carolina | CLEM 27–0 |
| October 27 | Kentucky Wesleyan | Centre | Cheek Field • Danville, Kentucky | W 111–0 |
| October 27 | Furman | Presbyterian | Clinton, South Carolina | W 42–10 |
| October 27 | Tulane | Mississippi College | Jackson, Mississippi | TUL 13–3 |
| October 28 | Ole Miss | Alabama | University Field • Tuscaloosa, Alabama | ALA 27–0 |
| October 28 | Mississippi A&M | Auburn | Rickwood Field • Birmingham, Alabama | AUB 7–3 |
| October 28 | The Citadel | Newberry | Newberry, South Carolina | W 21–14 |
| October 28 | Georgia | Navy | Annapolis, Maryland | L 27–3 |
| October 28 | Kentucky | Cincinnati | Cincinnati | W 32–0 |
| October 28 | Sewanee | LSU | New Orleans, Louisiana | SEW 7–0 |
| October 28 | Tennessee | Florida | Tampa, Florida | TENN 24–0 |
| October 28 | Butler | Louisville | Louisville, Kentucky | W 19-7 |
| October 28 | Guilford | Wofford | Spartanburg, South Carolina | W 31-0 |
| October 28 | Virginia | Vanderbilt | Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee | W 27–6 |

### Week Seven

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result |
| November 3 | Ole Miss | Mississippi A&M | Tupelo, Mississippi | MSA&M 36–0 |
| November 4 | Georgetown (KY) | Louisville | Louisville, Kentucky | G KY 41-0 |
| November 4 | Sewanee | Alabama | Rickwood Field • Birmingham, Alabama | SEW 7–6 |
| November 4 | Auburn | Georgia | McClung Stadium • Columbus, Georgia | AUB 3–0 |
| November 4 | Wofford | The Citadel | College Park Stadium • Charleston, South Carolina | CIT 37–0 |
| November 4 | Davidson | Furman | Greenville, South Carolina | L 46–14 |
| November 4 | Wake Forest | South Carolina | Columbia, South Carolina | L 33-7 |
| November 4 | Tulane | Georgia Tech | Grant Field • Atlanta | GT 45–0 |
| November 4 | Tennessee | Chattanooga | Chattanooga, Tennessee | TENN 12–7 |
| November 4 | Rose-Hulman | Vanderbilt | Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee | W 67–0 |
| November 5 | Arkansas | LSU | Fair Grounds Field • Shreveport, Louisiana | W 17–7 |

### Week Eight

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result |
| November 7 | Mississippi College | Southern Miss | Hattiesburg, Mississippi | W 75–0 |
| November 11 | Auburn | Florida | Jacksonville, Florida | AUB 20–0 |
| November 11 | Furman | Georgia | Sanford Field • Athens, Georgia | UGA 49–0 |
| November 11 | Georgia Tech | Alabama | Rickwood Field • Birmingham, Alabama | GT 13–0 |
| November 11 | Centre | Central | Richmond, Kentucky | W 26–0 |
| November 11 | LSU | Mississippi A&M | Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, Mississippi | LSU 13–3 |
| November 11 | Ole Miss | Transylvania | Lexington, Kentucky | TRANS 13–3 |
| November 11 | Chattanooga | Sewanee | McGee Field • Sewanee, Tennessee | SEW 54–0 |
| November 11 | Vanderbilt | Tennessee | Waite Field • Knoxville, Tennessee | TENN 10–6 |
| November 11 | Tulane | Rice | Houston | L 23–13 |
| November 11 | Newberry | Wofford | Spartanburg, South Carolina | L 21–0 |
| November 11 | South Carolina | Virginia | Charlottesville, Virginia | L 35-6 |

### Week Nine

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result |
| November 16 | The Citadel | Clemson | Orangeburg, South Carolina | CIT 3–0 |
| November 18 | Furman | North Carolina | Chapel Hill, North Carolina | L 0-46 |
| November 18 | Alabama | Tulane | New Orleans, Louisiana | TUL 33–0 |
| November 18 | Vanderbilt | Auburn | Rickwood Field • Birmingham, Alabama | VAN 20–9 |
| November 18 | Georgia Tech | Georgia | Sanford Field • Athens, Georgia | GT 21–0 |
| November 18 | Transylvania | Centre | Danville, Kentucky | T 0–0 |
| November 18 | Florida | Indiana | Jordan Field • Bloomington, Indiana | L 14–3 |
| November 18 | Mississippi A&M | Kentucky | Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky | UK 13–3 |
| November 18 | Ole Miss | LSU | State Field • Baton Rouge, Louisiana | LSU 41–0 |
| November 18 | Franklin | Louisville | Louisville, Kentucky | L 16-12 |
| November 18 | Ouachita | Mississippi College | Clinton, Mississippi | W 26–0 |
| November 18 | Mercer | South Carolina | Columbia, South Carolina | SC 47–0 |
| November 18 | Sewanee | Tennessee | Chattanooga, Tennessee | TENN 17–0 |
| November 18 | Wofford | Wake Forest | Wake Forest, North Carolina | L 41–0 |
| November 20 | Maryville | Mississippi A&M | Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, Mississippi | T 7–7 |
| November 23 | South Carolina | Furman | Sanford Field • Greenville, South Carolina | FUR 14-0 |

### Week Ten

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result |
| November 30 | Furman | Wofford | Spartanburg, South Carolina | WOF 9-7 |
| November 30 | The Citadel | South Carolina | Columbia, South Carolina | CIT 20–2 |
| November 30 | Centre | Georgetown | Georgetown, Kentucky | CEN 14–7 |
| November 30 | Clemson | Davidson | Charlotte, North Carolina | L 33–0 |
| November 30 | Georgia | Alabama | Rickwood Field • Birmingham, Alabama | UGA 3–0 |
| November 30 | Auburn | Georgia Tech | Grant Field • Atlanta | GT 33–7 |
| November 30 | Furman | Wofford | Spartanburg, South Carolina | WOF 9–7 |
| November 30 | Tennessee | Kentucky | Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky | T 0–0 |
| November 30 | Transylvania | Louisville | Louisville, Kentucky | TRAN 13-0 |
| November 30 | Arkansas | Mississippi A&M | Memphis, Tennessee | W 20–7 |
| November 30 | LSU | Tulane | New Orleans | T 14–14 |
| November 30 | Ole Miss | Mississippi College | Jackson, Mississippi | MSCOLL 36–14 |

### Week Eleven

| Date | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Result | Attendance | Reference |
| December 9 | Georgetown | Tulane | New Orleans, Louisiana | L 61–0 | | |

## Awards and honors
### All-Americans

* E – Graham Vowell, Tennessee (WC-3)
* C – Pup Phillips, Georgia Tech (WC-3)
* QB – Irby Curry, Vanderbilt (WC-3)
* HB – Everett Strupper, Georgia Tech (PP-1 [e])

### All-Southern team

The following includes the composite All-Southern team formed by the selection of 4 newspapers,
| Position | Name | First-team selectors | Team |
| QB | Irby Curry | C, NTC | Vanderbilt |
| HB | Everett Strupper | C, NTC | Georgia Tech |
| HB | Doc Rodes | C, NTC | Kentucky |
| FB | Tommy Spence | C, NTC | Georgia Tech |
| E | Graham Vowell | C, NTC | Tennessee |
| T | Josh Cody | C, NTC | Vanderbilt |
| G | Bob Lang | C, NTC | Georgia Tech |
| C | Pup Phillips | C, NTC | Georgia Tech |
| G | Chink Lowe | C | Tennessee |
| T | Walker Carpenter | C, NTC | Georgia Tech |